Grandsons and Cars

If you were looking for somewhere to take two active young boys, what better place to go than a drag race and car show.  As it happened both events were happening at the z-Max Drag Strip and the Charlotte Motor Speedway.  Since we were parked at an RV park just across the street from both venues, we thought, why not?  Checking on ticket prices I discovered the drag races were $20 a person with children getting in free and the car show was $10 and children free.  We decided to wait until late to arrive so we could see the best races.  On the way we got stuck in a traffic jam and were concerned that we might miss the best races.  As it turned out that was fortunate for us.  By the time we arrived the ticket offices were closed but the gates were open so we just walked in, free of charge.  As a retired grandparent, free is always good.  The boys had never heard of a drag race nor a car show, much less seen one.  They seemed to really enjoy the races, especially the jet car.  Talk about loud, but it was very cool.

The car show was not as much of a hit with them as it was with me.  They are not into old cars or hot rods, at least not yet.  I have never seen so many cars in one place.  The entire infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway was covered.  I could have spent hours and hours there but we stayed only for about two.  The video below sums up our time at both.